Coin-handling machine.



O.SLBATDORF. 1 COIN HANDLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1910.

1,130,245. Patented Mar.2,1915.

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COIN HANDLING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION IILED MAY 11, 1910.

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COIN HANDLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 11, 1910.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

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CHARLES S. BATDORF, OF BROOKLYN, NEXV YORK. ASSIGNOR TO AUTOMATIC COIN-WRAPPING MACHINE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

COIN-HANDLING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

Application filed May 11, 1910. Serial No. 560,555.

v a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, county of Kings,State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCoin-Handling Machines. of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention relates to coin handling machines of the type which isdesigned to assemble coins of different denominations in stacks, whichstacks are subsequently wrapped in a suitable covering. the ends ofwhich covering are crim ed against the ends of the stack to secure thepackage. A machine of this tvpe is illustrated in my Patent No. 998.834of July 25, 1911. and the present application relates particularly toimprovements in the adjustment of the wrapper crimping mechanism and theseverlng knife of the wrapper strip, whereby said parts may be readilyadapted to operate upon wrappers of different lengths. and also severthe wrapper strip in lengths corresponding to the diameter of the stackto be wrapped.

lVith these objects in View, the invention consists in the constructionand arrangement of parts. a preferred embodiment of which is illustratedin the accompanying drawings. in which Figure 1 is a plan view of somuch of a coin handling machine of this type as is necessary toillustrate my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the parts shown inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 8-3 Fig. 1. showingalso wrapper supplv support and feed rolls in coniunction with thesevering knife, crimping fingers and wrap ping rolls.

In the embodiment of my invention herein selected for illustration, 1indicates the upper portion of the frame of a coin stacking and wrappingmachine similar to that illustrated in my patent above referred to. uponwhich are mounted wrapping rolls 2 and 3 carried by suitable arms 4 and5 re spectively. which in turn are mounted upon supporting brackets 6.

7 indicates a third or forward wrapping roll. which cooperates with therolls 2 and 3 to perform the wrapping operation. and 8 indicates one ofthe pair of gripper arms by which a stack of coins is transferred fromthiel stacking mechanism to the wrapping IO S;

9 indicates the wrappersupply support, which is adjustably mounted upona transverse frame bar 10, in order that said support may be positionedin accordance with the width of the wrapping strip employed.

11 and 11' indicate feed rolls between which the wrapper strip is fed tothe sever- .ing knife 12. The latter is mounted upon the forward end ofthe rocking frame 13 supported upon a shaft 14 at the rear of themachine, said frame being weighted at 15 to balance the weight of theforward portion thereof and the parts carried therehv.

16 indicates a wrapper strip guide which overlies the severing knife andserves to maintain the wrapper strip in close proximity thereto.

As will be seen from an inspection of Fig. 1, the cutting edge of theknife is angular in outline. to facilitate the severing operation of thestrip.

Machines of the type here selected are intended to operate upon coins ofdifferent denominations and also upon different quantities of each coin.It will be obvious therefore, that the stacks of coin to be wrapped willvary, both in length and in diameter. Consequently it is necessary toprovide Wrapper strips of different widths. and for the sake of economyto sever the strips into d fferent lengths in order that the stacks ofdifferent diameter may receive substantially the same number of turns ofthe wrapper. It is necessary. therefore. that the crimping mechanismshall be adjustable to operate upon these different lengths of stacks.and that the severing knife shall also be adjusted to sever the stripsinto different lengths. For the sake of simplicitv of construction.moreover. it is desirable that only one of the crimper fingers shall bemade adjustable, while the other remains fixed in lateral position. Itis. therefore, necessary in order that the severing knife shall alwaysbe centered with reference to the crimping fingers and with reference tothe length of the stack, that said knife may be adi sted laterallysimultaneously with the adiustmcnt toward and from each other of thecrimper fingers. To accomplish these objects. the followingconstructions have been devised. As indicated in Fig. 1, the crimperfingers-1'8 are-mounted upon blocks 19 slidably supported upon atransverse bar 20,. Fi 1, the latter being supported at either end inrock arms 21, Fig. 3, pivoted at 22 to adjustable arms 23, which in turnare carried by pins 24 and 25 projecting outwardly from slides (notshown) on the wrapping" roll supporting brackets 6, as fully set forth.in my copending application Serial No. 554,642, filed April 11th, 1910.Each of the crimper finger supporting blocks 19 is pro-- vided with adepending fork 26', Fig." 3,. which is engaged by a forwardly projectingfinger 27, mounted in the hub 28, which in turn is slidably carried upona transverse frame bar 29. Upon the rear of the hub 28- is mounted a camroll 30 arranged to engage a rotary cam 31 on the transverse cam shaft32. The cam 31 on the right hand side, as viewed from the rear, Fig. 2,is fixed against lateral movement, whereas the cam 31 on the left handside, as viewed in said figure, is mounted to slide laterally upon thecam shaft 32, and is splined thereto by the feather 33. The rolls 30 areheld in engagement with the cams 31 by means of springs 34' mounted uponthe transverse: fin er carrying bar 29.

11 order to adjust the cam on the left, as viewed in Fig. 2, laterally,the hub thereof is rovided with an annular groove engaged y an adjustingfinger 35 secured to a longitudinally sliding adjusting bar 36 suitablysupported in the machine frame. The outer end of said bar is providedwith a le ver 37 pivoted at 38 on the machine frame, said lever havingat its opposite end a hantile 39 for manual operation. A suitabledial orscale may be located opposite the lever 3 bearing markings whereby theproper adjustments may be determined; It will be clear from aninspection of thedrawings that adjustment of cam 31 will simultaneouslyeffect adjustment of the crimper finger whose cam roll 30 is engagedthereby. In order to adjust the severing knife laterally simultaneouslywith the adjustment of the crimper finger just described, so that saidknife may always be centered with respect to said crimper fingers, theframe of said knife is mounted to slide laterally upon the supportingbar 14,. and the hub 13' of said frame is provided with a stud 4 0,which is engaged by a lever 41 pivoted at 42 upon a transverse frame bar43, the lower end of said lever being forked at 44 to engage the stud 45fixed upon the adjusting rod 36 just described. The arms of the lever 41are so proportioned that the knife will always be centered with respectto the crimper fingers in all positions of lateral adjustment of thelatter.

In order to provide for severing of wrapper strips in lengths accordingto the diameter of the stack to be wrapped, it is necessary that theknife be capable of adjustment toward and from the wrapping roll. Forthis purpose the hub of the knife frame is splined to its supportingshaft 14, and although capable of sliding movement thereon, is fixedagainst rotation independentlyv thereof. The shaft 14 furthermore isprovided with a lever arm 46 fixed thereto, to

the end of which is pivoted an adjusting rod 47 extending to the frontof the machine and there pivoted to a crank arm 48 on the short shaft 49supported by the machine frame, said shaft being provided with anadjusting handle 50, which likewise may cooperate with a dial or scaleto determine the necessary adjustment of the knife. It will be clearfrom the above description that by manipulating the adjusting handle 50the pair of crimper fingers for crimping theends of the wrapper on theopposite ends of the stack of articles to be wrapped, a wrapper supplymechanism and a severing knife for severing the required length ofwrapper from said supply, and means for adjusting said crimper fingersto accommodate stacks of articles of different lengths and tosimultaneously center said knife with respect to said fingers.

2. In a coin handling machine, the comlination with coin wrappingmechanism, of a pair of crimper fingers for crimping the wrapper uponthe ends of the stack of articles to be wrapped, a wrapper supplymechanism, a severing knife therefor, and means for simultaneouslyadjusting said fingers to accommodate stacks of articles of differentlengths and for centering said knife with respect to said fin ers in allpositions of adjustment, an independent means for adjusting said knifetoward and from said wrapping mechanism to sever wrappers of differentlengths according to the diameter of the stack to be Wrapped.

3. In a coin handling machine, the combination with coin wrappingmechanism, of

crimping mechanism for crimping the ends of the wrapper on the oppositeends of'a stack of articles to be wrapped, a wrapper supply mechanismand means for severing the required quantity of wrapping material fromthe wrapper supply and means for coordinately adjusting the crimpingmechanism and severing mechanism to accommodate stacks of articles ofdifferent lengths and to adjust the severing mechanism in accordancewith the adjustment of the crimp ing mechanism.

4. In a coin handling machine, the combination with a coin wrappingmechanism, of crimping mechanism for crimping the ends of a wrapper onthe opposite ends of a stack of articles to be Wrapped, a wrapper supplymechanism, and means for severing the re quired amount of wrappingmaterial from the wrapper supply and means for adjusting the crimpingmechanism ta accommodate stacks of articlesof different lengths andmeans to adjust the severing mechanism to vary the length of thewrapping material supplied in accordance with the diameter of the stackof articles to be wrapped.

7 CHARLES S. BATDORF. Witnesses: I

FREDK. -M. YATES, LI'IEN RY HESSE.

